"Yes, it is he, father."
"And you still insist on seeing him?"
She hesitated for a moment, a shudder ran over her whole person, and then she murmured in a hardly intelligible voice—
"I must, father."
"You will reflect between this and then, I hope," he continued.
"No, no," she said, with a sorrowful shake of the head; "if that man were to plunge his dagger into my heart, I must have a final explanation with him."
"Your will be done," he said
At this moment, a slight sound was heard outside.
The monk went out, but returned almost immediately.
"Get ready, madam," he said; "our crew have come to fetch you. Remember the parting advice that ladrón gave me, and let us be gone as soon as possible."